Date Place
January 23, 1896 Springfield
November 27, 1896 Chicago
January 20, 1897 Springfield
May 13, 1897 Peoria
February 22, 1898 Evanston
February 21-22, 1899 Champaign-Urbana
February 21-23, 1900 East St. Louis
February 21-23, 1901 Lincoln
April 30-May 1, 1902 Quincy
April 13-15, 1903 Chicago: University of Chicago
April 20-21, 1904 Decatur
April 20-21, 1905 Rockford
May 22-24, 1906 Springfield
February 20-22, 1907 Bloomington
October 12-14, 1908 Galesburg
October 12-14, 1909 East St. Louis
October 11-12, 1910 Rock Island
October 11-13, 1911 Joliet
October 24-26, 1912 St. Louis, MO
December 30-31, 1913 Chicago
October 21-23, 1914 Springfield
November 3-5, 1915 Champaign-Urbana, University of Illinois
October 11-13, 1916 Ottawa
October 17-19, 1917 Decatur
October 9-11, 1918 Peoria (postponed because of an influenza epidemic)
October 7-9, 1919 Peoria
October 12-14, 1920 Springfield
October 11-13, 1921 Urbana: University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
October 19-21, 1922 Chicago
September 26-28, 1923 Peoria
October 21-23, 1924 Bloomington
October 14-16, 1925 Rockford
May 12-14, 1926 Mt. Vernon
October 27-29, 1927 Joliet
October 17-19, 1928 Danville
October 16-18, 1929 Urbana: University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
October 15-17, 1930 Moline
October 21-23, 1931 Peoria
October 26-28, 1932 Springfield
October 17, 1933 Chicago
October 31-Nov. 2, 1934 Decatur
October 30-Nov. 1, 1935 Rockford
October 28-31, 1936 Peoria
November 3-5, 1937 Chicago
October 26-28, 1938 Springfield
October 26-28, 1939 Peoria
October 24-26, 1940 Chicago
October 9-11, 1941 Springfield
October 22-24, 1942 Chicago
* November 10, 1943 Chicago
* October 14, 1944 Chicago
* October 13, 1945 Chicago
October 10-12, 1946 Springfield
November 13-15, 1947 Chicago
November 18-20, 1948 Springfield
** November 9-12, 1949 Grand Rapids, MI
October 19-21, 1950 Peoria
October 18-20, 1951 Chicago
October 2-4, 1952 Springfield
November 5-7, 1953 Chicago
November 4-6. 1954 Springfield
October 27-29, 1955 Chicago
1956 Peoria
November 9, 1957 Chicago
October 23-25, 1958 Rockford
November 19-21, 1959 Chicago
*** October 27-19, 1960 St. Louis, MO
October 26-28, 1961 Chicago
October 25-27, 1962 Springfield
October 31-November, 1963 Aurora
October 22-24, 1964 Peoria
October 28-30, 1965 Chicago
October 21-23, 1966 Rockford
October 11-14, 1967 Milwaukee, WI
October 17-19, 1968 Chicago
October 22-25, 1969 Peoria
October 22-24, 1970 Chicago
November 3-6, 1971 (MRLC) Chicago
October 12-14, 1972 Chicago
October 31-Nov. 3, 1973 Rosemont
October 23-25, 1974 Springfield
December 3-5, 1975 Chicago
November 2-5, 1976 Chicago
October 25-28, 1977 Springfield
October 24-27, 1978 Chicago
**** Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1979 Milwaukee, WI
November 13-15, 1980 Chicago
1981
October 21-23, 1982 Chicago
**** Nov. 2-5, 1983 Cincinnati, OH
May 9-11, 1984 Chicago
May 1-3, 1985 Springfield
May 21-23, 1986 Chicago
April 22-24, 1987 Springfield
May 11-13, 1988 Chicago
April 5-7, 1989 St. Charles
May 2-4, 1990 Springfield
May 1-4, 1991 Chicago
March 18-21, 1992 Chicago
April 27-May 1, 1993 Springfield
March 23-26, 1994 Chicago
May 2-6, 1995 Peoria
May 14-18, 1996 Chicago
October 26-28, 1997 Springfield
October 24-27, 1998 Chicago
October 16-19, 1999 Chicago
October 14-17, 2000 Peoria
October 17-20, 2001 Springfield
September 24-27, 2002 Chicago
October 14-18, 2003 Springfield
September 28 - October 2, 2004 Chicago
October 11-14, 2005 Peoria
October 3-6, 2006 Chicago
October 9-12, 2007 Springfield
September 23-26, 2008 Chicago
October 6-9, 2009 Peoria
September 28-30, 2010 Chicago
October 18-20, 2011 Rosemont
October 9-12, 2012 Peoria
October 15-17, 2013 Chicago
October 14-16, 2014 Springfield
***** October 21-24, 2015 Peoria
October 18-20, 2016 Rosemont
October 10-12, 2017 Tinley Park
October 9-11, 2018 Peoria
October 22-24, 2019 Tinley Park
****** October 20-22, 2020 Virtual Conference
****** October 12-14, 2021 Virtual Conference
* No conference held because of the war. Annual business meetings held on days indicated.
** Held in conjunction with the 1949 Midwest Regional Conference of the American Library Association. Business meeting held on November 10.
*** Held in conjunction with the Missouri Library Association.
**** Held in conjunction with the Midwest Federation of Library Associations.
***** Held in conjunction with Illinois School Library Media Association.
******Originally scheduled to be held in 2020 Springfield and 2021 in Peoria, moved to virtual conferences due to COVID-19
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